GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |